Telesurgery was as reliable as standard robotic surgery for two common urological procedures, according to a small Chinese ...

Surgeons can safely perform two common operations from up to 2,800 kilometres away, the equivalent of a medic in southern ...

Telesurgery (operating on a patient remotely using a surgical robot via a secure telecommunication link) appears to be as ...

In the treatment of small renal masses, robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) has a superior morbidity profile compared with laparoscopic partial nephrectomy (LPN), according to an updated meta-analysis ...

Robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) led to a lower rate of complications compared with open partial nephrectomy (OPN) in patients with intermediate- or high-complexity kidney tumors, the ...

Surgeons can safely perform two common operations from distances of up to 1,700 miles, a new study has found. This remarkable ...

Telesurgery (operating on a patient remotely using a surgical robot via a secure telecommunication link) appears to be as ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lower rates of adverse outcomes were linked to higher technical skill Surgeons with higher scores had lower ...

Surgeons with greater skill in RAPN upon evaluation had lower rates of extended hospital stay, estimated blood loss, positive surgical margins, emergency department visits, and hospital readmissions.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A new study, published in the February issue of Health Affairs, found that in terms of quality-adjusted life-years gained, the benefits of ...

For completely endophytic kidney tumors, which grow inward, both open partial nephrectomy (OPN) and robotic partial nephrectomy (RPN) led to excellent patient outcomes in a recent study. When ...